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Acculturation in a Transcultural World
From a nationalist perspective, each nation possesses a distinct culture which is said to be homogeneous and separate from the cultures of all other nations. Accordingly, acculturation of migrants and their descendants occurs when they gradually move away from the country of origin's culture and assimilate to the culture of the country of immigration. This perspective, however, is empirically inaccurate: With regard to languages, religions, and ethical values, there are not only differences between nations, but also differences within them and cross-country cultural commonalities. Thus, as Wolfgang Welsch argues, we live in a transcultural world, and acculturation is problematized in two ways: Migrants do not need to be culturally different from the people in the country of immigration, and that country does not need to possess a common, homogeneous national culture. Yet both problems can be overcome if the idea of distinct national cultures is replaced by the concept of national, cultural mainstreams which, following Alba and Nee and the ethnic boundary making approach, are socially constructed and characterized by intersubjective associations between nations and cultural elements. Such mainstreams do not need to be separate and homogeneous and are thus compatible with transculturality. Acculturation can then be reconceptualized as one of three possible pathways of integration into the cultural mainstream of the country of immigration
Single-Quadrature Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution
Most continuous-variable quantum key distribution schemes are based on the
Gaussian modulation of coherent states followed by continuous quadrature
detection using homodyne detectors. In all previous schemes, the Gaussian
modulation has been carried out in conjugate quadratures thus requiring two
independent modulators for their implementations. Here, we propose and
experimentally test a largely simplified scheme in which the Gaussian
modulation is performed in a single quadrature. The scheme is shown to be
asymptotically secure against collective attacks, and considers asymmetric
preparation and excess noise. A single-quadrature modulation approach renders
the need for a costly amplitude modulator unnecessary, and thus facilitates
commercialization of continuous-variable quantum key distribution.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figure
Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution with a Noisy Laser
Existing experimental implementations of continuous-variable quantum key
distribution require shot-noise limited operation, achieved with shot-noise
limited lasers. However, loosening this requirement on the laser source would
allow for cheaper, potentially integrated systems. Here, we implement a
theoretically proposed prepare-and-measure continuous-variable protocol and
experimentally demonstrate the robustness of it against preparation noise
stemming for instance from technical laser noise. Provided that direct
reconciliation techniques are used in the post-processing we show that for
small distances large amounts of preparation noise can be tolerated in contrast
to reverse reconciliation where the key rate quickly drops to zero. Our
experiment thereby demonstrates that quantum key distribution with
non-shot-noise limited laser diodes might be feasible.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures. Corrected plots for reverse reconciliatio
Super sensitivity and super resolution with quantum teleportation
We propose a method for quantum enhanced phase estimation based on continuous
variable (CV) quantum teleportation. The phase shift probed by a coherent state
can be enhanced by repeatedly teleporting the state back to interact with the
phase shift again using a supply of two-mode squeezed vacuum states. In this
way, both super resolution and super sensitivity can be obtained due to the
coherent addition of the phase shift. The protocol enables Heisenberg limited
sensitivity and super- resolution given sufficiently strong squeezing. The
proposed method could be implemented with current or near-term technology of CV
teleportation.Comment: 5 pagers, 3 figure
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